Then the commercial came out for the Power Glove. When Tom Cruise started busting up Bald Bull in the last sequence of the commercial, I nearly flipped. I bugged my dad for an entire week until he bought it for me.

Of course I got it and at that moment, I knew that my life was complete. That was until I plugged it in. I first started with “Mike Tyson’s Punch Out” because of course with a glove, it seems fitting. Well as you may know, the first opponent on that game is Glass Joe. Nobody ever loses to Glass Joe. Nobody. That is until you play with the Power Glove. I lost to him for the first time in my life. All I could remember was how my punches were not getting thrown and if they did, they were tiny weak little jabs. And as you probably know if you too were duped by the awesomeness of the Power Glove, it didn’t work with many games and was a complete waste of money. So instead I just wore it to school to look cool. But I have to admit, Nintendo had just pulled off the greatest marketing ploy ever.

That is why I will never promote a video game gimmick again. Especially the X-Box Skateboard controller. It looks like a waste of money and there is no way you can ollie with that thing. Apparently all it’s good for is airs and getting injured. So buy it at your own risk!!

• Mat Hoffman’s DVD tribute to Evel Knievel that aired on MTV is coming to DVD. Today, in fact. Johnny Knoxville hosts and guests like Travis Pastrana show up to strut their stuff.
• Big Air is more than a sport, now. It’s also the name of a new controller that will come out for skateboard/snowboard games on the Xbox 360.
• Guess Volcom stock is good to own now. First-quarter profit rose 70%.
• The NY Times highlights surfing in Peru. Read more.
• So you think skateboarding is dangerous? Not as bad as bike-riding, football and baseball. So there.
• Diet Mountain Dew can kill you. Ot at least cut you.
• Warp / MB Skatepark of Woodstock, Ill, wins the 5th Top Shop Comp. Thanks to Chazz Ortiz.